QUINTESSENTIALS QE · Knowledge & reasoning

Stack / Epistemic

QEF-E-SUB

Proxy Substitution

An inference error that treats a proxy as sufficient evidence for the underlying objective without justification.

CandidatePrinciple family
Super rootDistortion & Bias
Root familyBiased Evidence Evaluation
Parent familyNot assigned
Principle familyProxy Substitution

Includes

  1. Proxy-only conclusions.

Excludes

  1. A method for validating a proxy.

Direct proposed-role assignments

Complete family record
Family id
QEF-E-SUB
Label
Proxy Substitution
Stack
Epistemic
Level
principle_family
Parent ref
QEF-E-BIASED-EVAL
Definition
An inference error that treats a proxy as sufficient evidence for the underlying objective without justification.
Includes
  1. Proxy-only conclusions.
Excludes
  1. A method for validating a proxy.
Status
candidate
Provenance refs
None recorded
Aliases
None recorded